LA-based filmmaker and Korean adoptee Jon Maxwell had once struggled to put a lens to his own adoption story in a way that felt satisfying. But he found that by helping to tell the stories of other adoptees, his own came more into frame. Listen as Maxwell, 39, shares his own story about adoption, career and fatherhood.

Music by license with Blue Dot Sessions/
Logo by Rusty Detty/
“aka Dan” appears with permission of Dan Matthews/ISA TV
Photo by Ajarina Hitomi